Ways of Working Nudge

The mapping of products (business and IT) to a value stream shines a light on duplication and eases simplification.

When simplifying the product estate, rather than 'Buy, Hold, Sell' categories, instead have 'Buy' & 'Sell' categories.

In reality there is no 'Hold' or 'Maintain', as products need to be continously refactored so that they stay up to date, so when we say ''long-lived'' products, the goal is ''evergreen'' ones. You are either investing in a product, or you are decommissioning it.

Standing still is not standing still, it is going backwards. Doing nothing, leads to obselesence, ultimately leading to the need to do a 'slash and burn' replacement.

e.g. Upgrading the biplane to a jetplane to a spaceship whilst flying.

LinkedIn post here, Threads here

Regards, Jon